Advanced Services - Cisco CRS-1 Essentials (CRS1)

This course is intended for Network Professionals including Designers, Implementers and Support Staff that are involved with the deployment of Cisco’s CRS Solution.

This course is part of the following Certifications:

• CCIE Service Provider (CCIESP Service Provider)

• Routing protocol configuration experience with BGP, IS-IS, and OSPF
• Advanced knowledge of BGP multihomed, multi–autonomous system configurations
• Strong knowledge of MPLS configuration
• Multicast configuration experience
• Advanced knowledge of Cisco Router security implementation, including AAA and TACAS

• List and describe the major features and benefits of a Cisco Systems CRS router and the Cisco IOS XR Software
• Configure a CRS platform, back out configuration changes, and restore older versions of a configuration
• Install Cisco IOS XR Software, package information envelopes (PIEs), and software maintenance updates (SMUs)
• Understand the differences between the new Cisco IOS XR Software and the current Cisco IOS Software
• Configure the new Cisco IOS XR Software security features
• Configure routing protocols in a complex multi–autonomous system environment
• Enable Multicast routing on Cisco IOS XR Software platforms
• Configure Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) on the Cisco IOS XR Software platform
• Convert existing route map configurations using new Routing Policy Language (RPL)
• Use the Craft Works Interface (CWI) to configure, view, and check configurations and obtain alarm status of CRS nodes
• Troubleshoot basic CRS hardware and software problems

CRS Hardware

• System Configurations
• 8 –Slot and 16 – Slot Chassis
• Power Considerations
• Cooling
• Common Elements
• Modular Services Card (MSC)
• DRPs
• Physical layer Modules (PLIM)
• Shared Port Adapters (SPA)
• SPA Interface Processors (SIP)
• Switch Fabric

Cisco IOS XR Software Overview

• High Availability Components
• Scalability Features
• Configuration Basics

Cisco IOS XR Software Operations

• Command Modes
• Configuration Operations
• Process Management

Cisco IOS XR Software Installation

• Package Installation Envelope (PIE)
• Package Management
• Upgrading / Downgrading Software

Cisco IOS XR Software Security

• Base Security Package
• Access Control Lists (ACL)
• Authorization, Authentication and Accounting (AAA)
• Task Groups

Routing Protocols

• Configuring BGP, OSPF, and IS-IS
• Configuring Multicast Routing
• Differences between IOS and IOS XR

MPLS

• MPLS Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI)
• Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
• MPLS Traffic Engineering

Route Policy Language (RPL)
Craft Works Interface (CWI)
Troubleshooting

• Card-level Errors
• Memory Problems and Leaks
• Process-level Errors
• ASIC-level Problems